New Team elected for Kerala Brahmana Sabha Kozhikode

The Annual General Body Meeting of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Kozhikode district was held on Sunday, 2013 September 8th at Sri Kanchi Sankaracharya Clinic Hall, Puthiyapalam road, Tali, Calicut

Ram Kumar K B (Secretary)

and a new

Dr. T S Seetharaman (President)

team was elected for the term 2013 - 2015. The meeting that started with the Sabha prayer was presided by District President Sri. T V Krishna Iyer. The annual activity report was presented by District Secretary Sri. Harikumar P K and accounts by District Treasurer Dr. T S Seetharaman. The same were passed unanimously. The elections were called for the new committee for 2013 - 2015. Senior Member Sri. Jayachandran M V was selected as the Returning Officer for the elections. Dr. T S Seetharaman from Chalappuram Upasabha elected as President for the term 2013 - 2015. Sri. Ram Kumar K B from North Upasabha was elected as Secretary. While ‘Dharma Pracharak’ Sri. Veeraraghavan K (North Upasabha) and Sri. P G Hariharan (Chalappuram Upasabha) were elected as Vice Presidents, Sri. Harikumar P K (North Upasabha) was elected as Joint Secretary. Sri. Ananthanarayanan from Mankave Upasabha was elected as Treasurer. Other committee members were also elected in the meeting. Sri. T V Krishna Iyer (Past District President), Dr. Ramanathan A (Past District President and Senior Member), Sri Gopalakrishnan C S (State Executive Member), Smt. Brinda Hariharan (State Executive Member) were also present on the occassion. While Sri. T V Krishna Iyer welcomed the gathering, newly elected Secretary Sri. Ram Kumar K B delivered the vote of thanks post which the meeting was concluded after Shanthi Manthram.

Yuvajana Vibhagam visits ANBU ILLAM

Members of Yuvajana Vibhagam. Kerala Brahmana Sabha Kozhikode district marked the 66th Independence day celebration at ANBU ILLAM, a registered old age home under Kerala Brahmana Sabha. On Thursday, 2013 August 15th , the team led by District President Sri. Ram Kumar K B spend their time with the inmates of Anbu Illam located near Azchavattom, Mankave. They distributed sweets to the inmates, sang few songs, listened to few stories and talks from the inmates. an overal time of 3hours was good enough for the inmates to feel the warmth and affection of youth members from Kozhikode. After Smarananjali, this was the 2nd venture conducted by the new committee which got elected on 2013 August 4th

Smarananjali to the musical Legend Sri. Dhakshinamoorthy Swamigal

Yuvajana Vibhagam of Kerala Brahmana Sabha Kozhikode paid their tribute to the musical legend Sri. Dhakshinamoorthy Swamigal through 'SMARANANJALI'. The program staged at Tali Brahmana Samooham on Sunday, 2013 August 11th evening was inaugarated by Smt. Sujini Venkatachalam (State Secretary Vanitha Vibhagam KBS) inaugarated the function. She spoke a few words about the legend and also sang a few lines from one of his ever memorable songs. Yuvajana Vibhagam members Kum. Ranjani Parameswaran, Kum. Sneha G, Kum. Sreelakshmi S, Kum. Sneha A, Kum. Divya S, Sri. Krishnakumar and Sri. Ram Kumar K B rendered several memorable songs of the legend on the occassion.

The small event organised was the first program initiated by the Yuvajana Vibhagam Committee which got elected for 2013 - 2015 and that after a week of the Annual General Body Meeting was well appreciated by all. The members present across the hall were taken to yesteryear memories with the songs that the youth rendered on the occassion.

Dharma Pracharaka Puraskaram awarded to Sri. K Veeraraghavan

Kerala Brahmana Sabha Kozhikode district honored Sri. Veeraraghavan K with the 'DHARMA PRACHARAKA PURASKARAM". The award was presented at a public function held at Kozhikode. This honour instigated by the sabha was the first of its kind and is awarded to such a personality who has been propagating the Dharma and spreading the culture of Brahmins, propagating Sanskrit language etc. Sri. Veeraraghavan has been conducting prabhashanams, sanksrit classses, discourses and is active in conducting programs pertaining to the Brahmin culture. He has been conducting various classes in and around kozhikode and is associated with the cultural wing of Chinmaya Mission. He was also one person who was earlier nominated for the Dharmasreshta award instigated by Kerala Brahmana Sabha.

The function held on Sunday, 2013 August 11th at Tali Brahmana Samooham, Tali, Kozhikode started with the sabha prayer recited by Yuvajana Vibhagam members Kum. Priyakaveri and Kum. Sreelakshmi S. Sri. Gopalakrishnan C S (state Committee Member) welcomed the gathering that included a lot of seniors, ladies, youth and children from the Brahmin community of kozhikode. District President sri. T V Krishna Iyer presided over the meeting. In the presidential address Sri. Krishna Iyer mentioned the importance of the honour. Dr. A Ramanathan (Senior member) introduced Sri. Veeraraghavan to the gathering. Sri. Ramalingam A (State President KBS) and Smt. Saraswathy K V (State President Vanitha Vibhagam KBS) adorned the Ponnadas to Sri. Veeraraghavan, Sri. P Ananthasubramaniam (State Secretary KBS) presented the memento and Sri. K G V Pathy (State Treasurer KBS) garlanded the award recipient.

Smt. Sujini Venkatachalam (State Secretary Vanitha Vibhagam KBS) also presented their memento to the award recipient  Sri. T S Seetharaman (District Secretary) gave the Poornaphala Thamboolam to Sri. Veeraraghavan on the occassion. In his reply, Sri. Veeraraghavan thanked the organisers for the honour and expressed his support to all activities of the sabha.Senior Past Presidents and Upasabha Presidents of the district were also honored on the occassion. The State President adorned the Ponnada to Dr. Ramanthan A (former District President), Sri. S R Ramachandran (former City Unit President), Sri. S P Ananthakrishnan (former District President), Sri. Ganapathy K (former Beypore Unit President) and Sri. P G Hariharan (former City Unit President) in respects to their services rendered to the sabha. Sri. Rajagopalakrishnan (President Tali Brahmana Samooham), Sri. Seetharaman T S (Treasured Brahmin Service Society) and Sri. Sriram (President CYBA) felicitated on the occassion and assured their support to Kerala Brahmana Sabha in all their activities and also stressed that the unity across Brahmin organisations across kozhikode must be strengthened more. State President also adorned Sri. Rajagopalakrishan with a Ponnada. Sri. Harikumar P K (District Secretary) delivered the vote of thanks. Kum. Kavitha, Smt. Meena Ramkumar and Sri. Kiran C G (all Yuvajana Vibhagam members) handled the master of ceremony desk at the award evening